US258720A - Work-box - Google Patents

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' H. S. DIGKSON.

WORK BOX. No, 258,720. Patented May 30, 1882.

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HUGH S. DIGKSON, OF LA HARPE, ILLINOIS.

I WORK-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 258,720, dated May 30, 1882.

Application filed March 2, 1882.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HUGH S. DIOKSON, of La Harp'e, in the county of Hancock and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Work-Boxes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to a ladys work-box; and it consists in certain features of improvement which will first be described in connection with the drawings, and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similarletters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a perspective view of my new and improved work box as it appears when open. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view of one of the thread-supporting shelves removed from the hinged part of the box, and Fig. 4 shows the construction of the wire thread-holders.

A represents the main or back part of the work-box, which is adapted to be secured to the wall of a room by means of the screws a a, passing through the back of the box, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, and B represents the free-orswinging partof thebox, which is hinged to the part A by the hinges b b, as shown in Fig. 1. The lower part of the main or back part of the boxAis extended forward, as shown at (l, and the side pieces, D D, ot'the swinging or hinged part B are cut offat their lower ends, as shown, so as to close over the extension 0, the face or outside board,'E, being extended downward, as shown at 61, so as to reach to the bottom of and inclose the extension 0 when the box is closed, as shown in Fig. 2. The main or back part, A, of the box is provided upon the inside, nearits upperleft-hand corner, with the hooks c c for holding crochet-hooks or knitting-needles, or both, and near its upper right-hand corner with the hooks e e for holding scissors and similar articles, and upon the righthand side the box is provided with the hook f for holding small scissors or similar articles. At the upper left-hand corner, below the hooks c c, the main part A is provided with the pincushion F for pins and needles. Below the pincushion F is formed the shelf G for (No model.)

supporting thimble, 85c, and below this shelf are placed the three boxes H H for holding buttons, hooks and eyes, and similar articles, and at thebottom of the main part Aare formed large boxes I I I for holding buttons, buckles, 860. The bottoms of the trays H and the front part of the boxes I are concaved, as shown clearlyin Fig. 2, so thatanything placed therein can be easily taken out by placing the fingers on the article and sliding it forward on the bottom of the tray or box to the edge of the box, where it can be conveniently caught between the thumb and finger.

The side pieces, D D, of the free or hinged part B of the box are formed with the grooves or rabbets g g, in which the ends of the shelves J J fit, which shelves are provided with the series of pinsjj, which are for holding spools of thread, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Near and a little in front of these pins these shelves are provided with the series of threadholders K, made of pieces of wire, curled at the upper end to form the eyes k, which are open to permit the thread to be passed into the eye by drawing the end of the thread under the coil of the holder against the upright part of the wire and raising the hand and carrying the thread around in the direction of the coil until the thread drops into the eye, thus avoiding the necessity ofpassing the thread through the eye. By this means, when thread is wanted, it can be drawn off from the spool without rcmoving the spool from the pin upon which it is placed, and by having the sewingmachine near the work-box the bobbins of the machine can be filled without removing the spool from the box or taking the thread off from the sewing-machine.

The lower shelf, J, is made fast in the part B of the work-box to brace and strengthen the box. The other shelves slide loosely in the grooves g 9, so they can be easily taken out to place the spools upon the pins or to take them off the pins, and the ends of said shelves are slightlycutawayfrom thebacktowardthefront, as shown at i i in Fig. 3, so that the shelves will not bind while putting them in place or taking them out.

The work-box thus constructed is very convenient for holding all the articles mentioned,

2. The hinged part B, provided with the removable shelves J, havingthe pinsjand threadholders K, substantially as and for the pur- 15 poses described.

3. The main or back part, A, of the box, provided with theliooks e c andficushion F, shelf G, and the concaved trays H and I, substanl tially as described.

HUGH S. DICKSON.

and when closed up occupies but very small space against the wall, and keeps all the articles placed therein free from dust.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a work-box having the lower part of the fixed portion extended forward at O, the lower part of the swinging portion, with its side pieces, D, cutaway angularly at its lower end, and the outside piece, E, extended down at d, as shown and described.

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HENRY SPIGER, S. H. BROOKWAY.

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